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11 Ocak 2014

Almost 59.9 kg

Yesterday the RL symptoms were milder and milder and more manageable, to the point where they didn't interfere with my sleep.

I have eaten lots of calories yesterday but I have also slept like 9 hours or more so things probably balanced out :)

Kilo:	Bugüne kadar kayıp:	Geriye kalan:	Diyet Takibi:
59,8 kg	5,6 kg	3,8 kg	Oldukça İyi

(2 yorum) Haftada 2,1 kg kaybediyor

10 Ocak 2014

Not bad! I wasn't expecting my weight to go down .7 kg and stay there lol. So, considering... Not bad at all :), still in the right direction.

That soup was not exactly eaten yesterday, but also not exactly eaten today. It was eaten between days lol. I slept both before and after :)

I'm doing two things at once today to try to find what recently caused my RLS symptoms. I'm not cycling today, and I'm also laying off dried fruits for today. I'm still maintaining my ban on sweets. I've came too far to give up without trying other things first. One thing is worrying me though. I've read about how refined sugar based diets alter your dopamine circuitry in your brain and how lab rats, when suddenly deprived of sugar, experienced withdrawal like it happens with drugs. I also read that RLS is connected to dopamine in your brain. This common point really makes me think about it. If cutting exercise and some foods don't do the trick I'm afraid I will have to eat some sweets to see what happens. It's better to go back to how I was before with sweets than acquiring this condition permanently (hopefully I haven't already).

this is what I found:

Wikipedia: "Opioid detoxification has been associated with provocation of RLS-like symptoms during withdrawal (I hope this is it -> Temporary!! I mean it can't be a coincidence! lol) (opiate withdrawal may also "trigger" the syndrome if the patient already has RLS)..."

Wikipedia: "...Finally, a 2008 study noted that sugar affects opioids and dopamine in the brain, and thus might[weasel words] be expected to have addictive potential..."

other website: "Sugar even affects the same "feel-good" brain hormones as street drugs. Nobody would say sugar is the same as heroin, but it can still mess with your brain and body."

Wikipedia: "Researchers say that sugar and the taste of sweet is said to stimulate the brain by activating beta endorphin receptor sites, the same chemicals activated in the brain by the ingestion of heroin and morphine".

I'm hoping that, if this is connected to sugar withdrawal, that it will end at some point. If it happens with some drugs, it's probably the case with sugar too and they are definitely saying that it only happens during withdrawal (in the case of drugs). How long is withdrawal for sugar? lol

Given the fact that, it definitely appears to be connected to sugar withdrawal, I will not interrupt my consumption of dried fruits. I will just skip cycling for today since my legs are also tired and also because it is said that a lot of exercise can worsen RLS symptoms...

edit: I don't know why, but I'm naturally feeling the need to eat more than I have been eating in the past few days. Go figure... :)

edit: I think that I'm eating a lot due to my sleeping schedules being a little "out of whack"...

Kilo:	Bugüne kadar kayıp:	Geriye kalan:	Diyet Takibi:
60,1 kg	5,3 kg	4,1 kg	Oldukça İyi

(53 yorum) Haftada 1,4 kg alıyor

09 Ocak 2014

I didn't weigh myself today because I've only slept like 3 hours or so lol. I know I would have gotten a bad result so I preferred not to even know it and wait for tomorrow after 8 hours sleep.

I can't help wondering if the constant nagging on my brain from the withdrawal of sugar over the past days was the trigger for this mild case of RLS that I'm experiencing right now... Anyway, I will try easing down on the exercise before I resort to try eating refined sugar again. Before eating refined sugar again, I will first eliminate temporarily dried fruits and nuts from my diet because that's the one thing I've been eating daily (I might have exaggerated) For now, I'm not sure of anything so I'll try one thing at a time.

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09 Ocak 2014

Somehow, my latest two journals got switched lol. Maybe that's because I skipped a day (sleeping schedules, don't ask lol).

When I was both doing aerobic exercise and weight training, I was maintaining my weight at around 1850 calories (I wasn't doing aerobic exercise every single day though). I think that I can say, with some confidence (not total confidence though, because a few days have past) that I'm losing weight on 1500 calories a day and a daily aerobic exercise routine. So I will raise my daily calories to 1600 and let a few more days pass. Once I reach my maintaining number I will then start doing weight training again and see how it affects calorie burning.

I haven't swum for a long time. I really have to start doing it also...

edit: Oops, my calories got a little out of hand on my lunch. Hopefully they will also keep me fuller for longer.

Thanks for accepting my buddy's request Skwhite! :)

edit: Sweet cravings have been less intensive both today and yesterday which is great! I won't start celebrating just yet though, since I have a feeling that it's not over yet heheh. since I skipped one day in fatsecret. This is day 10 without sweets, and there are 4 days to go. I can't deny that I feel very different in several aspects: My head feels clearer, sharper; I feel more energetic (today I went the whole day feeling super-energetic which didn't happen in many years (and absolutely no drowsiness in any part of the day, even after lunch; my skin looks healthier (especially my hands since I never needed to apply hydrating cream anymore, but I appear to also see skin and hair improvements in general (may be the placebo effect but I would almost swear by these changes). My bowels never felt bloated anymore; the food tastes much better now; I usually have a slight joint pain in my lets which I attribute to bad circulation but, since I went cold turkey on sweets, it's been slowly disappearing (another observation that may be due to placebo effect) I may be forgetting something but, generally speaking, it's like I feel 10 years younger or something. There is one thing though, I'm also exercising every day for almost the same time. Although I've been exercising for very long, I've only started exercising every single day practically since I started the sweet ban so I can't tell for sure if there isn't any advantage from that. Honestly though, despite all this though, sweets continue to be a tremendous temptation, now not so much with cravings but just purely psychological temptation. It's like, I can't think too much about them or I will find myself craving for them.

Today I think my legs (namely my right knee) have taken their toll from the daily indoor cycling session. I think that, to avoid skipping cycling, tomorrow I will do it really soft. It will be a semi-rest day lol. I just don't want to break routine because routine really makes it easier for you.

Today I won't be able to stick to the planned number of calories because I'm staying awake for longer :P

Shortly before I started to exercise every single day (not sure though) and also before I started the ban on sweets (also not sure), I became afflicted with a problem that I couldn't explain verbally or, even worse, identify. Luckily today, with some research, I finally identified the problem. I apparently have restless legs syndrome lol. Until finding out what the problem was I was extremely worried. Even cancer came to mind. Luckily this doesn't seem to be anything serious. I'm going to some more research about it to see if there are any solutions :)

I just found out that, despite the fact that exercise helps with RLS, excessive exercise can actually aggravate it. I'm going to have to interrupt my daily indoor cycling because of this, to see if I improve.

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08 Ocak 2014

As long as the weight is not going up that's perfect :)

edit: Today has been an okay day so far regarding cravings for sweets. This is day 9. There are 5 days to go to accomplish 2 full weeks without sweets. Now, quickly taking my mind off of them lol. How's the weather? hmm rainy, ok. lol

edit: You probably already read this Doublecheese, but anyway:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation_response#Timeline_2

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